HorsforthRam

Its not so much we don’t know how to play through the middle, it is more that the players are not allowed to.

Once it’s not working for the wide men, we just don’t know how to change the play to go through the middle. We carry on doing the same patterns over and over. I think Warne doesn’t want touches in midfield in case we lose the ball and it’s 2 v 3. The job of Smith and Adams is to scrap for it and move it wide and not much else. The ball rarely got to Collins from midfield if at all. So predictable. Got to about 65 mins and I just thought we were never gonna score. 

Once it’s not working for the wide men, we just don’t know how to change the play to go through the middle. We carry on doing the same patterns over and over. I think Warne doesn’t want touches in midfield in case we lose the ball and it’s 2 v 3. The job of Smith and Adams is to scrap for it and move it wide and not much else. The ball rarely got to Collins from midfield if at all. So predictable. Got to about 65 mins and I just thought we were never gonna score. 

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Urgency and tempo 🤣🤣🤣🤣 

Once it’s not working for the wide men, we just don’t know how to change the play to go through the middle. We carry on doing the same patterns over and over. I think Warne doesn’t want touches in midfield in case we lose the ball and it’s 2 v 3. The job of Smith and Adams is to scrap for it and move it wide and not much else. The ball rarely got to Collins from midfield if at all. So predictable. Got to about 65 mins and I just thought we were never gonna score. 

Hourihane was taking a free kick and Wildsmith ambled towards him like a tortoise and Hourihane ushered him back to goal.  A whole minute nearly.  At that point my eyeballs began to bleed.

Agree with this then by the time we've got it out wide they've doubled up on the winger and we can't do much with it anyway. 433 with a CAM and leave Collins further forward would've been a much better set up.

I think if we win our final 3 then we will get 2nd, even if that’s not guaranteed now.
Peterborough or Bolton are realistically still going to have to win all their remaining games to finish above us, as I think that’s our last points dropped of the season.
Peterborough are two games in to a run of 7 games in 20 days. They’ve won the two so far, but if they go on to win the next 5 in 17 days then fair play to them.
For Bolton I think the key turning point is going to be Saturday, if they beat Pompey then we may be in trouble. They then have Shrewsbury and Port Vale at home which should be nothing less than 6 points.
I personally see it going in to the final day with Derby 89, Bolton 88, Peterborough 86. If we can’t get promoted before the final game, then having both Bolton & Peterborough within reach of us is better than only having one. If one of the two can’t get automatics, then I wouldn’t be surprised if that side rested a few.
It’s strange because despite how poor tonight was, and despite it no longer being in our hands, it still feels like it is.
9 points from 9, we can do it. I still think we’ll go up.

I can’t tell if he’s struggling with that hamstring or if he’s trying too hard. Maybe both.
What was he doing when he just needed to knock it down the right-wing and cross but instead cut inside and shot on his weak foot? 
The attempted diagonal that went behind Wilson and gave them a throw? 
He’s not beating players either. 

What did they do that was 'horrible'. Well their defence looked fairly 'horrible' true. From that first early mess up where they nearly scored an own goal. But what else did they do that was 'horrible'?

Once it’s not working for the wide men, we just don’t know how to change the play to go through the middle. We carry on doing the same patterns over and over. I think Warne doesn’t want touches in midfield in case we lose the ball and it’s 2 v 3. The job of Smith and Adams is to scrap for it and move it wide and not much else. The ball rarely got to Collins from midfield if at all. So predictable. Got to about 65 mins and I just thought we were never gonna score. 

CBT is the worry for me.
He looked very bright v Blackpool and then played his best game so far for us v Portsmouth. Then tonight he regressed.
I really thought tonight would be the night he came to the party. He won’t get a better chance.
He is clearly a confidence player and he is clearly playing within himself much of the time since joining us. Perhaps he is overwhelmed by the pressure to impress. There is certainly a feeling of that.
I am not often critical of Warne and the coaches, but perhaps they could be managing him better, because something is not right.

NML has been gradually ground down over the season. Same happened last season. And yet we expect miracles from him 

We can be good though. The Portsmouth game we looked organised moved the ball and although not exactly controlling the game we looked dangerous as we do when we let other teams have the ball. Every time we face a team who let us have it we struggle to break teams down by being one dimensional. Everyone knows our game plan is get it wide just stick 2 players on the wide man and you nullify derby. When Gayle came in and we played the fluid 3 of barks nml and Gayle we played in various ways we went through the middle. As soon as Collins comes back in we revert back to the other game plan 

For what it’s worth I still think we’ll go up 2nd since January alone we’ve gone and won 3 on the bounce after a disappointing match a number of times. 
 
Just seriously underwhelmed that we looked so so off it despite being fresher.

Did Warne have to play Nat for every minute of every game...

is that not warne's football in a nutshell?

Oxford away on Saturday for P’Boro is tough. They also have a lot of games over a short period. I’d be surprised if they don’t drop points. If they don’t, and beat Bolton, fair play to them. They’ll deserve it.
We must win the next 3. Pressures on.
2nd half was awful today. No control, poor decision making and composure. We were lucky not to concede in the end. I have no issues with the subs or starting 11. Individuals were off it. CBT and NML were awful. Washington was his usual self, Collins no service and looked unfit. We’ve let others back in it again. 

There is definitely a feeling that we took four points from Bolton and Portsmouth and thought the hard work was done.
Tonight was summed up by NML getting the ball out on the right and just wearily putting it out of play.
Of course we can still do it. 90-92 points has to be the target. But do we have any gas left in the tank? It’s a big concern.

Peak Derby

I think having two in the middle , the two wide men not offering anything soon levels up any lack of energy Wycombe may have had

Did you watch it? 
 
People aren’t angry at the result. They’re angry at watching an absolutely awful performance when we need players standing up and being counted. 
 
I had us down for 10 points out of our last 4 so the draw is no odds but I can’t see how a team in second with 3 matches left can be outplayed so easily in the second half. Especially when we’ve had a week on the training ground and more legs. 

We can't go into another game with Sibley and CBT down one flank.
It made me want to scratch my eyes out with a rusty nail.
 

Typical Warne play. Hoofball and avoidance of playing through midfield ruled our play this evening . Not enough of our players in the opposition penalty area. and crosses from wide going to nobody. 

Can’t blame PW for that and I’m not his biggest fan.
Absolute hot potato and no composure stuff from the players tonight.
Headless chickens.